IT industry salary survey

This is a discussion on IT industry salary survey within Shifting gears, part of the Around the Corner category; Originally Posted by tsk1979
So you are telling me that your friend has 7 years work ex, was getting 15L/annum, ...

In todays market what matters is skill sets, btech or not for some it doensnt makes a difference.

I have some of my friends who are graduates and are getting much higher than this, cause they can attain the targets they are given. So who cares at the end of the day, its all about reaching and meeting goals.

Tand the last and this is what I call "Brahamastr". Get an offer letter, when you are close to your appraisal and ask your manager that this is what I have been offered, if you are ready to increase my salary, I am here or else I am gone.

Trust me, if I am your manager, you'll be sacked even *before* the appraisal.
P.S.: No offense meant, friend. This post is more of word of caution for those, who may get influenced by your post and try out

What I call "Brahamastr". Get an offer letter, when you are close to your appraisal and ask your manager that this is what I have been offered, if you are ready to increase my salary, I am here or else I am gone.PS-The last point may work against you. It depends company to company, so try to at your own risk.

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Originally Posted by RX135

Trust me, if I am your manager, you'll be sacked even *before* the appraisal.
P.S.: No offense meant, friend. This post is more of word of caution for those, who may get influenced by your post and try out

No ofference taken. But you deleted the most inportant part of this (in Bold letters above now.
I have seen many people trying this trick in my company and it had always worked. Thankfully my manager does not think like you ;-)

Many people who know they are at positions very important for the company but are not adequately compensated for it, use this Brahmastra.
This can be used just once, and will spoil your terms with your team mates(who know that you now get more salary than them) and your manager too(for obvious reasons)
Also note that you should use this if you are a very very important and hard to replace position
For example lets say the core algorithm developer.

I have seen many people trying this trick in my company and it had always worked. Thankfully my manager does not think like you ;-)

Thankfully? No. It just means that your manager/company is not competent or professional enough to understand true value of its people. Managers often make this mistake and it costs them dearly.

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Originally Posted by diabloo

Why? The person has taken trouble to find his worth in the market, which the manager himself could not ascertain?Why not join the new company which has valued the person higher than the current company?

By all means, he should join new company. He doesn't need to blackmail his current manager for that

And, this can lead to prolonged discussion, but let me just say that salary is just one (but one of the most important) part, why people work for any organization.

I agree partially with Tsk1979. But, even in that case, you may just walk over to your manager and tell him that you are grossly underpaid. If you are critical to business as mentioned and if your manager is not stupid, he'll easily get the drift. You don't even need offer letter for that.